Madurai panchang, 22 December 2025
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 08:17 Pausha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 18:01- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:57 – 09:23
- Yamaganda 10:49 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam 13:42 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta 14:57 – 15:43
- 10:07 Moon enters Capricorn
- 10:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 10:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:40 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
18:01 to 06:31 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:35 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 10:52
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 05:32 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhruva until 16:40
- Karana Kaulava until 10:52, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:07 Moon enters Capricorn
- 10:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 10:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:40 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 23:35 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:57 – 15:43
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:40 – 20:16
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:30 – 23:05
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 23:05 – 06:31 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:50 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:31
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:32 – 06:31 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:32 – 06:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:30 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:57 – 09:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:23 – 10:49 | Good |
| Rog | 10:49 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:16 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Char | 13:42 – 15:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:08 – 16:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:35 – 18:01 | Good |
| Char | 18:01 – 19:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:35 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:08 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:42 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:16 – 01:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:50 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:23 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:57 – 06:31 next day | Neutral |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:06 NowMars
- 17:03 NowSun
- 18:01 NowVenus
- 19:04 NowMercury
- 20:06 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:30 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:30 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:30 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:06 Scorpio
- 06:06 – 08:13 Sagittarius
- 08:13 – 10:09 Capricorn
- 10:09 – 11:53 Aquarius
- 11:53 – 13:36 Pisces
- 13:36 – 15:26 Aries
- 15:26 – 17:29 Taurus
- 17:29 – 19:40 Gemini
- 19:40 – 21:48 Cancer
- 21:48 – 23:48 Leo
- 23:48 – 01:47 next day Virgo
- 01:47 – 03:51 next day Libra
- 03:51 – 06:02 next day Scorpio
- 06:02 – 06:31 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method